Bob - Enjoyed reading about your trip and look forward to seeing your pictures. Our last trip to Donegal was about 5 years ago and we look forward to returning some day. Thanks for sharing! Joanne

Fellow listers, There are many questions that I need some answers to while trying to plan a trip to Ireland. I am hoping that some kind souls on this site will take a few moments to help me. If I was to fly to Ireland and wanted to send time in County Donegal - what airport would I plan to land at? Since we will be travelling with small children - is there a car seat requirement in Ireland? what kind of transportation is available from the airport ??? We are not sure how long we plan to visit........depends on what all we want to see and how long the money will last........any lower priced places to stay ??? .................we would like to spend some time in the Fanad area. Also - what is the weather like in Nov/ Dec/ Jan/Feb there??? Part of why I am asking these questions is to try to somewhat plan the trip and figure out how much it will cost.........need to have enough to cover it all. Thanks, Michelle

Hello Michelle Depending how much you want to see of Ireland ............. you could fly into Dublin and travel up by car to Donegal which will take somewhere in the region of 4 hours. If you wish to hire a car you will need to pre-arrange this prior to your trip for either Airport. If you fly into Belfast International Airport which is near Antrim it will take you approx 2 and half hours - max 3 hours. Yes there is a car seat requirement in Ireland. You must have young children strapped in at all times. For Prices of where to stay you should approach the Irish Tourist Board who have a directory of B & B's and Hotels for those who want to visit Donegal. Weather for the time of year you specify, will be cold and if you are very lucky, DRY. At worst you will have fog, rain , snow and anything else the elements wish to throw at you . By the end of October Summer time officially ends and the clocks go back one hour. By Dec 21st which is the shortest day light will be fading fast by 4:30 pm. Christmas can be dry and cold. We can have ice / frost. After that temperatures usually take a nozedive and will ssink below zero C. Once we get thru January we can hope for a little better weather. A few years ago, I had friends visit in February - told them to do cold and wet. Instead for the few days they were here, the sun shone. For Tourist information ph 01 602 4000 Car travel/ motoring information - AA Roadwatch Ireland 1550 131 811 Muriel ----- Original Message ----- From: "M & T" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, October 03, 2008 7:53 PM Subject: [DONEGALEIRE] lfuture trip to Ireland with children > Fellow listers, > > There are many questions that I need some answers to while trying to plan a > trip to Ireland. I am hoping that some kind souls on this site will take a > few moments to help me. > > If I was to fly to Ireland and wanted to send time in County Donegal - what > airport would I plan to land at? > > Since we will be travelling with small children - is there a car seat > requirement in Ireland? what kind of transportation is available from the > airport ??? > > We are not sure how long we plan to visit........depends on what all we want > to see and how long the money will last........any lower priced places to > stay ??? .................we would like to spend some time in the Fanad > area. > > Also - what is the weather like in Nov/ Dec/ Jan/Feb there??? > > Part of why I am asking these questions is to try to somewhat plan the trip > and figure out how much it will cost.........need to have enough to cover it > all. > > > Thanks, > > Michelle > > > When replying to a digest post, quote only the specific text to which you are replying, removing the rest of the digest from your reply. Also, remember to change the subject of your reply so that it coincides with the message subject to which you are replying. > > TO VIEW PREVIOUS EMAILS BY SUBJECT, GO TO THE THREADED ARCHIVES AT > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/DONEGALEIRE/ > > > TO VIEW PREVIOUS EMAILS BY DATES AND SUBJECT GO TO THE SEARCHABLE ARCHIVES AT http://archiver.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/search?path=DONEGALEIRE > > SOME HELPFUL WEBSITES: > Donegal Genealogy Resource (Lindel's Site) http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~donegal/ > Donegaleire Genealogy Links & Data > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~donegaleire/ > Bob's Donegal Ireland Genealogy > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~hiflyte/ > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >